"As time went by, I also realized that the particular place I’d chosen was less important than the fact that I’d chosen a place and focused my life around it....What makes a place special is the way it buries itself inside the heart,..." Richard Nelson, The Island Within Breath billows in clouds of steam as …
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Rekindling
What if we had known then/ we could bloom a flame like this? -Jared Stanley, "Civilian" Where to begin when remembering, rekindling a world? I could start with the clothes, the shabbiest of uniforms: briar-shredded fire-splashed Nomex, faded yellow and green; helmets; black leather boots. Goggles, leather gloves, bulging pockets. Team sweatshirts with knowing slogans: "Eco-Burners." "Tough …
Lamar Valley Christmas Odyssey
This is what we can promise the future: a legacy of care. That we will be good stewards and not take too much or give back too little, that we will recognize wild nature for what it is, in all its magnificent and complex history—an unfathomable wealth that should be consciously saved, not ruthlessly spent. …
Solstice
On December 21, 2016, at 5:44 AM EST, the sun reached its southernmost extent in our sky, yielding the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. “Solstice” derives from the Latin “sol,” meaning sun, and “sistere,” meaning “to make stand.” A deceptively simple phenomenon, it belies a glorious contradiction: a …
Ice Patch Archaeology
Below is an article I published in Distinctly Montana Magazine last December. Every day I become aware of at least one more study on the negative effects of climate change. It can be overwhelming. The more I learn about climate change, the more I want to ignore it and, instead, wrap myself in the snowy cocoon of Yellowstone and …
Writing the Wild 